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The Music of John Williams
Friday, March 3, 2023 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 7:30pm
Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
The Flight to Neverland from Hook (1991)
Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Theme from Jurassic Park (1993)
Suite from Jaws (1975)
Superman March from Superman (1978)
Raiders March from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Flying Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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Main Title from Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
March of the Resistance from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Rey’s Theme From Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Princess Leia’s Theme from Star Wars: A New Hope
The Jedi Steps from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Imperial March from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Throne Room and End Title from Star Wars: A New Hope
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Programs
and artists are subject to change. The use of recording devices in the concert hall is strictly prohibited. Drinks are not permitted in the theater.Supporting Concert Sponsor - Martin Gold & Helene Winkler The program is funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. performances are generously sponsored by Umpqua Bank.
MUSICIAN ROSTER
DONATO CABRERA, CONDUCTOR
VIOLIN I
De Ann Letourneau
Concertmaster
Martha Gronemeier
Associate Concertmaster
Alexandr Dzyubinsky
Jennifer Eriksson
Ivo Gradev
James Harvey
Mira Khomik
Elliot Lee
Eric McAllister
Rebecca Sabine-Ramsey
Naoko Taniguchi
VIOLIN II
Shakeh Ghoukasian
Principal
Kevork Mikaelian
Assistant Principal
Marty Connally
Lauren Cordell
Hui Lim
Lisa Ratigan
Kay Sanderson
Melanie Schiemer
Lee Schreiber
Yurika Sinoto
Alissa Vercillo
VIOLA
Jason Bonham
Principal
Tiantian Lan
Assistant Principal
Hope Bowden
Ian Long
Omar Shelly
Sharon Street-Caldwell
Hanna Suk
CELLO
Andrew Smith
Principal
Kevin Mills
Assistant Principal
Ted Hartwell
Elena Kapustina
Emily Leavitt
Mert Sermet
Moonlight Tran
BASS
Paul Firak
Principal
Chris Davis
Assistant Principal
Ryan Dudder
Geoff Neuman
Ed Richards
Jake Platts
FLUTE
Christina Castellanos
Principal
Ms. Castellanos is sponsored by the Rosenblum Family Foundation
OBOE
Stephen Caplan
Principal
Nathan Swain
Mika Brunson
English Horn
CLARINET
Cory Tiffin Principal
Carmen Izzo
Bass Clarinet
BASSOON
Janis McKay Principal
Alex Rosales García
HORN
Bill Bernatis Principal
Doug Beasley
Beth Lano
Associate Principal
Mike McCoy
Frank Joyce
Utility Horn
TRUMPET
Tom Wright
Principal
Joe Durk
Larry Ransom
TROMBONE
Nathan Tanouye
Principal
Tyler Vahldick
Jeff Stupin
Bass Trombone
TUBA
Zachary Jackson Principal
PERCUSSION
Patrick Bowen Principal
Robert Bonora, Jr.
HARP
Kim Glennie Principal
PRINCIPAL EMERITUS
Audrey Bush Bass
Felix Viscuglia Clarinet
FOUNDING MUSIC
DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR
LAUREATE
Harold Weller
The musicians of the Las Vegas Philharmonic are represented by the American Federation of Musicians.
Local 369
Musicians subject to change. A special thank you to The Smith Center’s production stage personnel for executing the technical staging, lighting, and audio for Philharmonic performances.
ABOUT THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC
The Las Vegas Philharmonic The Las Vegas Philharmonic, led by Music Director, Donato Cabrera, established its presence in Southern Nevada in 1998. The mission of the Las Vegas Philharmonic is to inspire a lifelong appreciation of music through performances and educational experiences for our community that enhance the lives of our residents and the culture of our city.
Music education and engagement are the cornerstones of the P hilharmonic’s service to the community. Our free Youth Concerts bring thousands of children annually into the concert hall for a vital music education program, and our Cox Communications education sponsorship recognizes and encourages emerging talent among Nevada youth in music performance through professional coaching, competition, and exhibition experiences.
Our season of concerts showcases local talents alongside stellar nationally and internationally known guest artists on the magnificent Reynolds Hall stage. At the orchestra’s core are 76 contracted professional musicians, many of whom are esteemed educators who also perform in other professional productions in Las Vegas, bringing depth and variety to the organization.
As a 501(c)(3) organization, the Philharmonic’s community, education, and artistic programs are made possible by the generous donations and support of individuals and corporations. To join us or learn more, visit lvphil.org or call 702.258.5438.
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DONATO CABRERA, MUSIC DIRECTOR
and has a proven track record in impacting the lives and improving the test scores of hundreds of K-6 children in San Pablo’s Downer Elementary School.
Donato Cabrera is the Music Director of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the California Symphony and served as the Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and the Wattis Foundation Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra from 2009-2016.
Cabrera has evolved the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s concert experience since assuming the role in 2014 by expanding the scope and breadth of its orchestral concerts, hosting engaging and lively pre-concert conversations with guest artists and composers, and by creating the Spotlight Concert Series that features the musicians of the Las Vegas Philharmonic in intimate chamber music performances. Since Cabrera’s appointment as Music Director in 2013 of the California Symphony, the organization has redefined what it means to be an orchestra in the 21st Century. Under Cabrera’s baton, the California Symphony has reached new artistic heights by implementing innovative programming that emphasizes welcoming newcomers and loyalists alike, building on its reputation for championing music by living composers, and committing to programming music by women and people of color.
Deeply committed to diversity and education through the arts, Cabrera has furthered the scope, breadth, and content of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and California Symphony’s music education programs. In past years, annually reaching over 20,000 Title I fourth graders of the Clark County School District, Cabrera completely reshaped Las Vegas Philharmonic’s Youth Concert Series to be a curriculum-based concert experience, while also integrating a hands-on, complimentary experience with the DISCOVERY Children’s Museum. California Symphony’s Sound Minds program has achieved national attention for its El Sistema-inspired approach
In recent seasons, Cabrera has made impressive debuts with the National Symphony’s KC Jukebox at the Kennedy Center, Louisville Orchestra, Hartford Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Staatstheater Cottbus, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Orquesta Sinfónica Concepción, Nevada Ballet Theatre, New West Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony, and the Reno Philharmonic. In 2016, he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in performances with Grammy Award-winning singer Lila Downs. Cabrera made his Carnegie Hall debut leading the world premiere of Mark Grey’s Atash Sorushan with soprano, Jessica Rivera.
As Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, Cabrera worked closely with its Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and frequently conducted the orchestra in a variety of concerts, including all of the education and family concerts, reaching over 70,000 children throughout the Bay Area every year. During his seven seasons as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, Cabrera took the group on two European tours, winning an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming of American Music on Foreign Tours, and receiving critical acclaim for a live recording from the Berlin Philharmonie of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.
Cabrera is equally at home in the world of opera. He was the Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Opera from 2005-2008 and has also been an assistant conductor for productions at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Ravinia Festival, Festival di Spoleto, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Music Academy of the West. Since 2008, Cabrera has frequently conducted productions in Concepción, Chile.
Awards and fellowships include a Herbert von Karajan Conducting Fellowship at the Salzburg Festival and conducting the Nashville Symphony in the League of American Orchestra’s prestigious Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview. Donato Cabrera was recognized by the Consulate-General of Mexico in San Francisco as a Luminary of the Friends of Mexico Honorary Committee, for his contributions to promoting and developing the presence of the Mexican community in the Bay Area.
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams is the most prolific and widely honoured living composer of film music and the most Oscar-nominated man alive.
He was born in New York but moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was 16. He attended UCLA and studied composition with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
After service in the Air Force, Williams returned to New York to attend Juilliard where he studied piano with Rosina Lhevinne. He also worked as a jazz pianist in both clubs and on recordings.
Williams moved back to Los Angeles and began his career in film studios working with such composers as Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, and Franz Waxman.
He went on to write music for many television programmes in the 1960s, winning two Emmys for his work.
Beginning with his first screen credit, for Because They're Young, Williams' career as a composer of film scores gathered steady momentum.
In 1974 Steven Spielberg came to John Williams after being moved by his score to The Reivers to score Sugarland Express. It was the beginning of one of the greatest film composer/director collaborations ever.
His first Oscar was for his adaption of the music for the screen version of Fiddler on the Roof. In 1976 he received his second for Jaws. In 1978, an Oscar for Star Wars followed in a competition that included his score for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Oscars were also awarded for E.T. and the haunting Schindler's List soundtrack.
Williams has composed the music and served as music director for more than seventy-five films.
In addition to his film music, Williams has written many concert pieces including two symphonies, a bassoon concerto, a cello concerto, concertos for flute and violin, a trumpet concerto, and concertos for clarinet and tuba.
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Saturday, October 21, 2023
7:30pm - The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
To mark his 10th anniversary as Music Director, Donato Cabrera conducts orchestral favorites and light classics. An evening of musical delights including Greig’s Peer Gynt.
THE MUSIC OF QUEEN
Saturday, November 11, 2023
7:30pm - The Smith Center
Brent Havens, conductor
The Las Vegas Philharmonic presents “The Music of Queen”. A “Bohemian Rhapsody” of hit after chartsmashing Queen hit. All the solid platinum hits of Freddie Mercury, with the Las Vegas Philharmonic.
A VERY VEGAS CHRISTMAS
Saturday, December 2, 2023
7:30pm - The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
The holiday musical tradition returns!
Celebrate the season with family and friends as Donato Cabrera leads carols, classics, sing-alongs and sparkling holiday favorites.
BACH, MOZART & BEETHOVEN
Saturday, January 6, 2024
7:30pm - The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Beethoven Violin Concerto Mozart Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
RHAPSODY IN BLUE AT 100
Saturday, February 24, 2024
7:30pm - The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Dvorak Slavonic Dances (selections)
Dawson Negro Folk Symphony
John Adams The Chairman Dances
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
PROHIBITION
Saturday, March 16, 2024
7:30pm - The Smith Center
The music of Moulin Rouge, Boardwalk Empire and more! Imagine time-traveling through the dark cabarets and speakeasies of New York, Paris, Berlin, London and Atlantic City, in the 1920s. Arranged by Grammy-winner Jeff Tyzik with vintage film clips and imagery.
SCHEHRAZADE
Saturday, April 6, 2024
7:30pm - The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Joshua Roman, Cello
Kodály Dances of Galánta
Clyne Dance (Cello Concerto)
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
THE FIREBIRD!
Saturday, APRIL 20, 2024
7:30pm - The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Demarre McGill, flute
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales
Busoni Divertimento for Flute
Abels Winged Creatures
Debussy Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet
Stravinsky The Firebird (1945 Suite)
SAINT-SAENS THUNDERING “ORGAN” SYMPHONY
Saturday, May 11, 2024
7:30pm - The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Paul Jacobs, organ
Chausson Viviane
Daugherty Once Upon a Castle
Saint-Saëns Symphony
No. 3 “Organ”
upcoming spectacular new season celebrating the 10th year with Donato Cabrera!
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jeri Crawford, Chair
Rachelle Crupi, Vice Chair
Delinda Crampton, Secretary
Scott Kerestesi, Governance Chair
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Michael Bolognini
David Crawford
Dorothy Flagler
Jerry Kohlenberger
Ellis Landau
Dawn Newburg
Ellen Richards
Lia Roberts
Tim Robinson
PHILHARMONIC ADVISORY BOARD
Steve Crupi, Chair
Gayle Anderson
Anthony Newman
Angie Wallin
Cheri White
CJ Woolston
PHILHARMONIC HONORARY BOARD
Andrea Bocelli
Mayor Oscar Goodman
Gary Karr
Senator Harry Reid
John Williams
Eugenia Zukerman
EX-OFFICIO
William Freyd in memoriam
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Lauren Zwonik, DMA Intern, UNLV Partnership
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